Actor
Peter Egan
Biography

Peter Joseph Egan (born 28 September 1946) is a British actor known for his TV roles, including Hogarth in Big Breadwinner Hog, the future King George IV of the United Kingdom in Prince Regent (1979); smooth neighbour Paul Ryman in the sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–89); and Hugh "Shrimpie" MacClare, Marquess of Flintshire, in Downton Abbey (2012–15). He is married to retired actress Myra Frances. Egan was born in Hampstead, London, the son of Doris (née Pick) and Michael Thomas Egan, who ...

Known For
Acting
2024 -- Our Father |
2024 -- And Mrs | Derek
2023 -- Harambe | Self / Narrator
2016 -- National Theatre Live: The Seagull | Sorin
2013 -- National Theatre Live: People | Theodore
2007 -- Death at a Funeral | Victor
2005 -- Whatever Love Means | Prince Philip
2005 -- Man to Man | Gyllenhaal
2005 -- The Wedding Date | Victor Ellis
2004 -- The I Inside | Doctor Truman
2002 -- The King's Beard | King Cuthbert (voice)
2000 -- 2001: A Space Travesty | Dr. Griffin Pratt
1998 -- The Cater Street Hangman | Edward Ellison
1998 -- Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed | Narrator
1997 -- Bean | Lord Walton
1997 -- Gobble | Peter Villiers
1996 -- The Peacock Spring | Sir Edward Gwithian
1994 -- MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday | Frederick
1990 -- The Price of the Bride | Dennis Guant
1986 -- Paradise Postponed | Henry Simcox
1984 -- To Catch a King | Heydrich
1983 -- The Dark Side of the Sun | Raoul
1981 -- Chariots of Fire | Duke of Sutherland
1981 -- Dear Brutus | Purdie
1978 -- The Copyist | The Copyist
1977 -- The Kitchen | Peter
1976 -- Beloved | Henry James Prince
1976 -- The Lifeswappers | Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
1975 -- Hennessy | Williams
1974 -- Callan | Toby Meres
1973 -- The Hireling | Captain Hugh Cantrip
1971 -- One Brief Summer |
1970 -- The Rivals | Faulkland
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